The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, however diagnosed. The case is remanded to obtain additional medical records and provide a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last final denial relates to the bases for the prior denial and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, however diagnosed, Chronic/continuous undifferentiated schizophrenia, Unspecified insomnia disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2023
- Citation
- 23050453
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for a separate 70 percent rating for unspecified insomnia disorder as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, was granted. The disability is rated based on occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including as secondary to tinnitus, is denied because his insomnia symptoms are already addressed by his existing OSA rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's unspecified insomnia disorder is rated at a 50 percent, but no higher. The symptoms of flattened affect, impairment of short and long-term memory, and disturbances of motivation and mood are consistent with this rating.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for recurrent major depressive disorder with anxious distress, unspecified insomnia disorder, and unspecified anxiety disorder due to the service-connected left ear hearing loss.
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